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took refuge at Onondaga or among the Senecas, where she was 

 influential. Colonel Claus heard that the Six Nations decreed 

 her satisfaction by ordering hostilities on those Oneidas who had 

 driven her away. 



Bands from Oquaga now invaded the Delaware and Scho- 

 harie settlements, and the Schoharie people complained of neg- 

 lect. The Susquehanna was deserted, except that Harpersfield 

 \vas a Tory rendezvous and Unadilla full of the worst people 

 of the frontier. The year ended with an eloquent appeal made 

 by Congress to the Six Nations, exhorting them to peace and re- 

 minding them of the consequences of war. It had no effect, for 

 no presents appealed to those disposed to be hostile. 



Chapter 24 



Council at Johnstown. Schoharie valley invaded. Wyoming massacre. Sen- 

 ecas in Philadelphia. Queen Esther's town destroyed. Brant's depreda- 

 tions. Iroquois towns burned on the Unadilla and Susquehanna. Cherry 

 Valley destroyed. Onondaga towns burned. Indians burn towns in New 

 York. Sullivan's and Brodhead's campaigns against the Cayugas and Sen- 

 ecas. Raid in Mohawk valley. Oneidas and Tuscaroras join the English, 

 Schoharie valley ravaged. Wawarsing burned. Walter N. Butler defeated 

 and killed. Expedition against Oswego. Number of Indians in the Eng- 

 lish service. 



Another council met at Johnstown Mar. 9, 1778, with 700 

 Indians present. Few Cayugas and no Senecas were there. 

 The latter wanted revenge and were surprised they were called 

 at all. All but the Oneidas and Tuscaroras were accused of 

 treachery, and these warned the Americans not to trust the Onon- 

 dagas, but said they would aid them, themselves. An Onon- 

 daga chief truly said the sachems were all for peace, but, like 

 the whites, could not always restrain the young men. La 

 Fayette was there, and procured forts for Schoharie and Cherry 

 Valley. The Iroquois gave him the name of Kayewla at this 

 time. 



In March 1778 Colonel Johnson explained some matters to 

 Lord Germaine. The cruelty of the Indians was misrepresented, 

 and the colonists tried to secure their aid in 1775. The toma- 

 hawk, so often talked of, was seldom used except for smoking or 



